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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

30,000

100.0

enrolled in school

7,526

100.0

Native

29,691

99.0

Nursery school, preschool

429

5.7

Born in United States

29,593

98.6

Kindergarten

378

5.0

State of residence

21,353

71.2

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

3,810

50.6

Different state

8,240

27.5

High school (grades 9-12)

2,125

28.2

Born outside United States

98

0.3

College or graduate school

784

10.4

Foreign born

309

1.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

125

0.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

195

0.7

Population 25 years and over

19,834

100.0

Not a citizen

114

0.4

Less than 9th grade

1,494

7.5

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,892

9.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

6,874

34.7

Total (excluding born at sea)

309

100.0

Some college, no degree

4,802

24.2

Europe

100

32.4

Associate degree

1,456

7.3

Asia

125

40.5

Bachelor's degree

2,492

12.6

Africa

0

0.0

Graduate or professional degree

824

4.2

Oceania

6

1.9

Latin America

11

3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher

82.9

(X)

Northern America

67

21.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

16.7

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

28,118

100.0

Population 15 years and over

23,636

100.0

English only

26,886

95.6

Never married

5,332

22.6

Language other than English

1,232

4.4

Now married, except separated

14,318

60.6

Speak English less than '"very well"'

365

1.3

Separated

201

0.9

Spanish

350

1.2

Widowed

1,884

8.0

Speak English less than '"very well"'

109

0.4

Female

1,558

6.6

Other Indo-European languages

371

1.3

Divorced

1,901

8.0

Speak English less than '"very well"'

74

0.3

Female

873

3.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

83

0.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

59

0.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

30,000

100.0

under 18 years

325

100.0

Total ancestries reported

37,235

124.1

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

171

52.6

Arab

29

0.1

Czech¹

535

1.8

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

496

1.7

Civilian population 18 years and over

21,989

100.0

Dutch

547

1.8

Civilian veterans

3,608

16.4

English

1,692

5.6

French (except Basque)¹

1,061

3.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

329

1.1

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

11,359

37.9

Population 5 to 20 years

7,190

100.0

Greek

24

0.1

With a disability

530

7.4

Hungarian

20

0.1

Population 21 to 64 years

15,935

100.0

Irish¹

2,161

7.2

With a disability

2,685

16.8

Italian

219

0.7

Percent employed

55.2

(X)

Lithuanian

7

0.0

No disability

13,250

83.2

Norwegian

8,601

28.7

Percent employed

79.4

(X)

Polish

697

2.3

Population 65 years and over

4,530

100.0

Portuguese

10

0.0

With a disability

1,584

35.0

Russian

101

0.3

Scotch-Irish

182

0.6

Scottish

238

0.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

19

0.1

Population 5 years and over

28,118

100.0

Subsaharan African

0

0.0

Same house in 1995

17,377

61.8

Swedish

2,669

8.9

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

10,616

37.8

Swiss

73

0.2

Same county

5,208

18.5

Ukrainian

18

0.1

Different county

5,408

19.2

United States or American

734

2.4

Same state

3,341

11.9

Welsh

41

0.1

Different state

2,067

7.4

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

2

0.0

Elsewhere in 1995

125

0.4

Other ancestries

5,371

17.9

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.